Comments on: The return of Aldon Smith, the full faith of 49ers management, and now a few very significant monthshttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2013/10/31/the-return-of-aldon-smith-the-full-faith-of-49ers-management-and-now-a-few-very-significant-months/
with Tim KawakamiWed, 06 Sep 2017 22:36:00 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.2By: Danhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2013/10/31/the-return-of-aldon-smith-the-full-faith-of-49ers-management-and-now-a-few-very-significant-months/comment-page-1/#comment-171253
Sat, 02 Nov 2013 14:46:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20324#comment-171253He did NOT injury ANYONE with any illegal weapons. Before you spout off those lips you should know what you are talking about wouldn’t you say?
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Sat, 02 Nov 2013 07:49:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20324#comment-171251It’s hard to say how much of the 49ers support is predicated on getting him back on the field but it seems like this article is lacking a bit because it doesn’t address the fact that under the CBA the 49ers were required to activate Smith from the NFI list after he left rehab. Speculating that Harbaugh always wanted Smith back at this point seems presumptive without looking into what options the team had to keep him off the 53-man roster.

We don’t know if Smith will actually suit up next Sunday but this is somewhat of an odd situation. The NFL doesn’t really have roster exemptions set up for players dealing with addiction issues. I don’t know that IR or PUP would really be appropriate in this kind of situation. From all indication the 49ers are taking this situation day by day and I don’t know how much precedent there is to compare their approach to.

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Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:19:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20324#comment-171245I think that may have something to do with the comparatively weak teams we’ve played the last five games.
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Fri, 01 Nov 2013 20:40:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20324#comment-171244I think we should look at facts. Facts: This defense has been playing FANTASTIC since Aldon left. 5-0, vs. 0-2 in Aldon’s last two games he played in. I think they should bring him back as a backup, more in the role he played as a rookie meaning he played on passing downs.

Aldon Smith is a special pass rusher and a mediocre outside linebacker. He doesn’t play the run well, doesn’t set the edge well. On both of those aspects, he is inferior to both Brooks and Skuta. Further, he tires out towards the end of games and his passrush suffers, and the team suffers.

Lastly, he is pretty undisciplined on the field. He gets stupid penalties, late hits, offsides, takes his helmet off.

If the 49ers want to maximize his value, play him like you did as a rookie. Just my advice, what do I know?

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Fri, 01 Nov 2013 20:02:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20324#comment-171243Well, I’ve never gotten behind the wheel while drunk, and I’ve never injured anyone with my illegal weapons, so I would say yes, I am morally superior to Aldon Smith.
As for the rest, not sure if you’re really interested to hear it, but just in case, the purpose would be to teach the idiot about the consequences of one’s choices. Entitled people, who have always been told “yes” because they’re good at something tend to think rules don’t apply to them, and until they find out otherwise will continue to think so…as in this case (full pay while he was out, no suspension=no consequences).
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Fri, 01 Nov 2013 18:58:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20324#comment-171242There’s a certain amount of b.s. in every public announcement. And yet at some level they do care about Aldon the person, as do I, which I wouldn’t if I thought he was a really bad guy – but football is the reason we are all here, or we wouldn’t be posting our opinions in this forum. Bottom line is that neither you nor anybody else has explained what purpose would be served to anybody, including Aldon, by keeping him away from the game, except to make you feel morally superior.
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Fri, 01 Nov 2013 18:33:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20324#comment-171241If you didn’t hear the niners talking about how everything was done “in the best interests of Aldon”, and how the “young man” comes first then you weren’t listening very hard.
Personally, I don’t like hypocrites or people who go around drinking and driving (and firing illegal weapons), but maybe you do. Knock yourself out…
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Fri, 01 Nov 2013 18:17:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20324#comment-171240I didn’t hear any excuses from anybody.

Aldon is a knucklehead. There are a lot of them in the NFL. He’s not someone who has assaulted women or robbed a liquor store. He has a drinking problem. Immature, but doesn’t seem like an evil guy. Yeah, he makes a lot of money, but don’t be jealous.

The 49er people only care about football? You thought they gave Aldon the big bucks because they wanted to lift him out of poverty? Of course their focus is on football, as it is for most of us fans. The main thing is that absolutely no purpose would be served by keeping Aldon off the field, except to soothe the delicate moral sensitivities of our betters.

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Fri, 01 Nov 2013 14:55:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20324#comment-171235No pass rush , no wins in the playoff. The miserable giants beat Brady twice with their pass rush in Super Bowls. We can’t catch Wilson in Seattle but the qb less rams should have beat them, by putting Wilson on his back. Last year without cowboy , the secondary became weak over night. We need dial to space eat, and tank /aldon/ lemonire/ cowboy/ brooks / McDonald and bowman to wreak havoc on good qbs. ( Wilson, Bree’s, Brady or manning) as we can’t win shoot outs with them. Crabtree and Manningham have to get the pressure off boldin and vd, but they will, who can do worse than Williams, Baldwin etc…?
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Fri, 01 Nov 2013 10:07:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/?p=20324#comment-171234Lets hope for the best for the Niners and Smith. Perhaps things will work out.
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